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🚨Ready to be part of a pioneering microbiology lab that pushes the boundaries of scientific discovery? We have an open postdoctoral position in our lab, where we delve into the fascinating world of T6SS, effectors, mobile genetic elements, and everything in between! @erc.europa.eu -funded 🦠

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Great to have Carmen visiting the lab from the Albesa lab! Some fun times and great science!

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I have an exciting opportunity to join my research team in Singapore @scelse.bsky.social as a PhD student to explore programmed cell death in biofilms. See below for more information and please share widely!

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The Gonen Lab at UCLA is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate. Join the team to engage in projects in membrane biophysics and biochemistry; membrane protein purification and expression experience required. Lab website:Apply online: tinyurl.com/y4y8uvbr cryoem.ucla.edu

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#MicroSky: New hope against Pseudomonas aeruginosa! Two natural compounds from a jellyfish-derived fungus inhibit biofilms, reduce virulence, & fight inflammation—all without killing bacteria. A promising path for safer antipathogenic therapies! https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70101

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#MicroSky: Bridging microbiology & society! The Service-Learning program at Madrid Complutense University uses film to educate underserved communities on disease prevention. A powerful model for social impact through academic learning! https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70098

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Excited to share that our paper on locus visualisation tool LoVis4u is out! Entirely driven by fantastic PhD student Artyom Egorov @egorov.bsky.social academic.oup.com/nargab/artic...

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#MicroSky: New breakthrough in microbial ID! Using Direct Frequency Infrared (DFIR) multispectral imaging, researchers achieved 94.4% accuracy in classifying microbes—no staining needed! Faster, simpler & more robust than FTIR imaging. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70093

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1/2 Years ago I wrote that we should not be worried that SynBio could deliberately produce new biological weapons because 1. We did not understand well the mechanisms of pathogenesis and 2. Naturally existing pathogens were bad enough doi.org/10.1002/bies... but …

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📣Just 1 week left to apply for 2x 5-year researcher posts in experimental evolution #mevosky #microsky in @mermanchester.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social + 3-year research tech post www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... ERC project: how MGEs and defence systems control genome evoluton

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#MicroSky: Our heartfelt thanks to our reviewers, authors, readers, and followers. In 2024, we achieved over 1.075 million full reads and published 227 articles. This incredible milestone wouldn’t have been possible without your continued support.

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Thrilled join The Spirit of Asilomar event www.spiritofasilomar.org at the very site of the 1975 conference that shaped the future of genetic engineering. Time to revisit old debates & tackle new challenges. Looking forward to discussing the uncontained release of SynBio agents for bioremediation 😃!

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I am hiring! 2 year Post-Doc microbiologist to identify gut bacteria inhibiting fungal pathogens. Join new, expanding gut microbiome research group at @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social and @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social in Cork. Further details and apply here: ore.ucc.ie Job ID: 084031

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#MicroSky: Special Issue on “Waking up on Climate change: Measuring Impact, Focusing Efforts and Building Futures". Submit your manuscript online at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/microbio. Deadline 📆 28 February 2025. Thanks for RT

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Open call! The EMBO Young Investigator Programme supports young group leaders in Europe and beyond. Apply by 1 April: www.embo.org/funding/fell... #ResearchFunding #LifeSciences 🧪

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#Microsky: Sanchez-Adria et al reveal that sterol composition is key to yeast thermotolerance, vital in biotech. Evolution experiments using fluconazole and FK506 yielded strains thriving at 41.5°C. Relevant findings for industrial yeast performance. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70092

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In a new study, @mcvickermicro.bsky.social and @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social characterize the hipBA toxin-antitoxin system in Klebsiella michiganensis, demonstrating that it acts as a potent antibacterial toxin and significantly contributes to plasmid stability. academic.oup.com/jambio/artic...

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#MicroSky: Michan et al discuss how discoveries in bacteriomes and their tumor interactions reveal new anti-cancer strategies. Insights into bacterial roles and cancer immune evasion are driving innovative therapies! https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70090

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#MicroSky: ONE HEALTH: Closing gaps in gut-brain axis research is key to unlocking the therapeutic potential of the microbiome. Advances in psychobiotics, from mechanism-informed decisions to in silico models, pave the way for rational discovery pipelines. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70079

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If you are looking for the best lab equipment, check @custom-lab.bsky.social. After trying many magnetic racks from top companies, they make the best ones. No carry overs, nicely designed and very affordable!. Happy New Rack to everyone!

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Two weeks left to apply for a postdoc position with the Slack group! Please spread the word!

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Attention Attention Attention If anyone knows clinicians or patients who have knowledge of pediatric patients with the very rare cancer interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS) or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytoc sarcomas please contact Sri

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The computer scientist Brian Hie leads the team behind Evo, a large language model trained on 2.7 million bacterial, archaeal and viral genomes. The AI tool can write original DNA sequences that encode functional biological machines. https://buff.ly/4gonCbX

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Jeremy is an accomplished scientist (former director of NIGMS, former editor in chief of Science) who is using his reputation for good, and has spent his career advocating for improving science. Please reach out to him if you have info, and spread the word.

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#MicroSky: Special Issue on “Societally-relevant microbiology education and outreach". Submit your manuscript online at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/microbio. Deadline 📆 15 March 2025. Thanks for RT

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#Preprint alert 🚨 Genetic dissection of cyclic di-GMP signaling in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa via diguanylate cyclase disruption―collaboration between our laboratory & Andrea Smania's team in Argentina, led by Roman Martino & Daniel Volke #CRISPR www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Interested in collecting, sharing, and interacting with large collections of bacterial functional genomics data (RNA-seq, Tn-seq/TraDIS, etc.)? Check out our new web platform, Micromix, with case studies for Salmonella and Bacteroides! 🧫🧬🖥️🧪 Thread 1/n academic.oup.com/gigascience/...

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One of the kindest and most interesting scientists I have known, Julian Davies, passed away. I had some remarkable conversations with him. Watch this seminar, and you will see what I mean. RIP, Julian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjdb...

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#MicroSky: Type IV pilus (T4P) is crucial in enabling bacterial pathogens to cause infectious diseases. Phages that require T4P as a receptor are useful to identify inhibitors of the T4P machinery, paving the way for developing anti-T4P chemotherapeutics. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70081

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#MicroSky: Dixon’s group show that Engineered operon genes for terephthalate breakdown, delivered via self-mobilizing plasmid, enable cross-species gene transfer and soil bioremediation. A breakthrough in tackling xenobiotic pollutants! Read https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70071

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The JCC Lab is #hiring experienced bench scientists for work on human immunology and assay development! These are long term, stable positions not subject to the ebb and flow of federal funding. talent.stjude.org/careers/jobs...

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Exciting, fully-funded PhD opportunity aimed at turning biofilms as weapons against bacteria in the fight to combat antimicrobial resistance. Don’t miss out! bit.ly/40HYabo

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Are you a #Pseudomonas researcher? Please take our survey and help shape the direction and priority of future pseudomonas.com database development: forms.gle/gTPT6ruf3mqb... #microsky #idsky

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Big News (a bit late 🙃): my group is moving to Düsseldorf @hhu.bsky.social Looking for next adventure w awesome colleagues @frunzkelab.bsky.social @kedrov-lab.bsky.social @apmweber.bsky.social Plz RT, positions available for #PhD & #postdoc w focus #CryoEM & #cdiAMP www.hhu.de/news-einzela...

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Hello, Bluesky!👋 We are excited to connect with you!🌟 Europe PMC is an open database of global life science research - discover articles, preprints, theses, grants, and more. We talk about scholarly communication, open science, bioinformatics, and meta research. Follow us and join the conversation!

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Join our team as a doctoral researcher, impact science and go viral. We illuminate protein-RNA complexes at the interface between phages and bacterial pathogens @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo...

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Today, we are publishing the first-ever International AI Safety Report, backed by 30 countries and the OECD, UN, and EU. It summarises the state of the science on AI capabilities and risks, and how to mitigate those risks. 🧵 Full Report: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/679a0c... 1/21

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Thanks Andrew, the news BBCWS plan to cut Science in Action, alongside a load of other programmes to meet big savings targets, came as a shock.

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🎥 Tras meses de esfuerzo y trabajo, anunciamos con orgullo el estreno del corto 'Crono', realizado por estudiantes de la @fcomus.bsky.social 🎟️ Conoce más sobre el equipo y consigue tu invitación para el estreno: https://tinyurl.com/48uft8ua

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After an incredible career, David S. Goodsell has retired from The PBD! His work brought the hidden world of molecular biology to life, from E.coli to mitochondria. Celebrate his legacy with posters of his iconic works. Thank you for inspiring us all! Shop our collection here > shorturl.at/Jg2Hv

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My main PhD work is now out! We find that choice of antibiotic and the level of (sub-inhibitory) dose is important for combining with phages. Good combinations reduce resistance evolution and simple antibiotic susceptibility experiments can help us choose Co-authors not on bsky, brief thread below

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Great to see @joaquinbernal.bsky.social and @lopezigual.bsky.social. Welcome to Cielito lindo. It is nice and cosy here ☺️ Follow them for secretion systems/Salmonella and synthetic biology/cyanobacteria. Still need to convince Alejandro Arce from this picture 😂

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#Microsky:Probiotics reimagined: Research on Bacillus subtilis strains shows intraspecies interactions can alter effectiveness against Salmonella Typhimurium.Mixing strains may reduce potency, highlighting challenges in multi-strain probiotic development.Read: https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70065

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Hoy es el #DíaDelBiólogo: yo no lo soy de formación, pero llevo toda la vida 😉 estudiando bioquímica, biología molecular, microbiología... Y tengo el placer de trabajar (dentro y fuera de mi grupo de investigación) con grandes biólogos/as. Seas de bata o de bota, ¡feliz día!

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